Publisher's Synopsis
These exciting French short stories for beginners feature illustrated classic fairy tales, with side-by-side bilingual English and French.
French Bilingual Bridge: Classic Fairy Tales for Beginners offers a unique way to practice reading French. With the side-by-side bilingual writing, you'll never be lost again. You don't need to leave the book to look up a word, interrupting the story.
Each purchase comes with audio narration by a native-speaking narrator, so you can listen while you read along!This easy and low-pressure approach adapts well to incremental improvement. You'll be pleased and surprised at how much less you look at the English side by the end of the third story!
These French stories for language learners have been adapted specifically for those reading at beginner to intermediate levels, mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR).
In this book you will find:
- A variety of tenses, to allow you to practice past, present, and future conjugations
- Accessible grammar and sentence structures, designed for beginner language learners
- Illustrations with captions
- Manual translations by a professional translator
- Five classic fairy tales, adapted to simple language:
- The Ugly Duckling
- Beauty and the Beast
- Little Red Riding Hood
- Rumpelstiltskin
- Jack and the Beanstalk
By learning through reading fun short stories with translations, you will naturally pick up a variety of vocabulary and sentence structures without ever feeling frustrated and stuck. Enjoy the ease of reading for pleasure in French!
